{"id":107795,"date":"2021-08-20T22:57:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T02:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=107795"},"modified":"2021-08-20T22:57:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-21T02:57:21","slug":"artsquest-seeks-actors-for-upcoming-oktoberfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=107795","title":{"rendered":"ARTSQUEST SEEKS ACTORS FOR UPCOMING OKTOBERFEST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Credit: Craig Roberts<\/p>\n<h3><em>Auditions will take place on Tuesday, August 31, 2021<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2013 ArtsQuest is looking for actors to be a part of the fun and excitement of its eleventh-annual Oktoberfest celebration Oct. 1-3 and 8-10 at the SteelStacks in Bethlehem. Actors will portray characters typically seen at a German Oktoberfest, complete with authentic German attire, and interact with festival guests while in character.<\/p>\n<p>Oktoberfest auditions will take place Tuesday, August 31 from 7 \u2013 9 p.m. in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelstacks.org\/about\/venues-at-steelstacks\/fowler-blast-furnace-room-loft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fowler Blast Furnace Room<\/a>\u00a0on the second floor of the ArtsQuest Center, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem, Pa. Interested individuals do not need to prepare, as auditions will be primarily improv-based. Ability to perform with a realistic German accent is encouraged, but not required. All actors will be paid for their appearances at Oktoberfest.<\/p>\n<p>To register to audition, please email Cinema\/Comedy Coordinator Addyson Young at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ayoung@artsquest.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ayoung@artsquest.org<\/a>. The email should include an attached resume and headshot, and your preferred audition time (7, 7:30, 8, or 8:30). Auditions will last approximately 15-30 minutes; no virtual auditions will be accepted.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Oktoberfest, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelstacks.org\/festivals\/oktoberfest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">steelstacks.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About ArtQuest<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArtsQuest\u2019s <\/a>mission is to provide access to exceptional artistic, cultural and educational experiences using arts and culture as key elements of economic development for our urban communities. ArtsQuest\u2122 supports this mission via the presentation of performing and visual arts, film, arts education classes and outreach, youth programming and cultural events.<\/p>\n<p>Through festivals such as its flagship event, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Musikfest<\/a>; the Banana Factory Arts Center; and the ArtsQuest Center at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelstacks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SteelStacks<\/a> arts and cultural campus, ArtsQuest\u2019s programming reaches more than 1.9 million people annually. The organization\u2019s programs and events, approximately 50 percent of which are free to attend, have a combined economic impact of more than $136 million annually in the region. ArtsQuest is a proud member of NIVA, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nivassoc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Independent Venue Association<\/a> and NATO, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natoonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Association of Theatre Owners<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nNicole Harrell<br \/>\nArtsQuest Director of Communications<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/\">http:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Credit: Craig Roberts Auditions will take place on Tuesday, August 31, 2021 BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2013 ArtsQuest is looking for actors to be a part of the fun and excitement &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=107795\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ARTSQUEST SEEKS ACTORS FOR UPCOMING OKTOBERFEST<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5715,5717,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artsquest","category-bethlehem","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/OKTOBERFEST-ACTORS.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107795"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/107796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}